100 - Cora E. Meskimen - Sunnylane Cemetery - Del City, OK
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Cora E. Meskimen was born the same year that Mata Hari was arrested for spying (1917).
Waymark Code: WM16VYD
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2022
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The final resting place of centenarian Cora E. Meskimen is at the northwest corner of the south side of Section 10 at Sunnylane Cemetery. She shares an upright marker with her husband Marvin D., and it has the following inscription:
Meskimen
Marvin D.
Aug. 27, 1914
Oct. 21, 2008
Cora E.
Feb. 9, 1917
Jan. 2, 2018
Together Forever
Some historical events that occurred during Cora's time on earth:
1917: The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1937: John Steinbeck's novella of the Great Depression, Of Mice and Men, is published in the United States.
1957: The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.
1977: Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States
1997: The 69th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with The English Patient winning Best Picture.
2017: SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
Location of Headstone: Sunnylane Cemetery
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